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Election Day, Nov. 3

Kentucky: every race on the ballot

The U.S. Senate, governor and U.S. House races on the Kentucky ballot, and the Democrat running in each.

Statewide

  1. U.S. SenateSolid R

    Charles Booker (D) vs. Andy Barr (R)

    Now held by Mitch McConnell (R) · PVI R+15. Also on the ballot: Christopher Campbell (Independent).

U.S. House

  1. U.S. House, KY-1Solid R

    Drew Williams (D) vs. James Comer (R)

    Now held by James Comer (R) · PVI R+23.

    Counties in this district (35)

    Adair County, Allen County, Anderson County, Ballard County, Boyle County, Caldwell County, Calloway County, Carlisle County, Casey County, Christian County, Clinton County, Crittenden County, Cumberland County, Franklin County, Fulton County, Graves County, Henderson County, Hickman County, Hopkins County, Livingston County, Logan County, Lyon County, Marion County, Marshall County, McCracken County, Metcalfe County, Monroe County, Russell County, Simpson County, Taylor County, Todd County, Trigg County, Union County, Washington County, Webster County

  2. U.S. House, KY-2Solid R

    Megan Wingfield (D) vs. Brett Guthrie (R)

    Now held by Brett Guthrie (R) · PVI R+20. Also on the ballot: Thomas Loecken (Independent).

    Counties in this district (20)

    Barren County, Breckinridge County, Bullitt County, Butler County, Daviess County, Edmonson County, Grayson County, Green County, Hancock County, Hardin County, Hart County, Jefferson County, Larue County, Logan County, McLean County, Meade County, Muhlenberg County, Nelson County, Ohio County, Warren County

  3. U.S. House, KY-3Solid D

    Morgan McGarvey (D) vs. Maria Rodriquez (R)

    Now held by Morgan McGarvey (D) · PVI D+10.

    Counties in this district (1)

    Jefferson County

  4. U.S. House, KY-4Solid R

    Melissa Strange (D) vs. Ed Gallrein (R)

    Now held by Thomas Massie (R) · PVI R+18. Also on the ballot: Jeremy Todd (Libertarian).

    Counties in this district (21)

    Boone County, Bracken County, Campbell County, Carroll County, Carter County, Gallatin County, Grant County, Greenup County, Harrison County, Henry County, Kenton County, Lewis County, Mason County, Nelson County, Oldham County, Owen County, Pendleton County, Robertson County, Shelby County, Spencer County, Trimble County

  5. U.S. House, KY-5Solid R

    Ned Pillersdorf (D) vs. Hal Rogers (R)

    Now held by Hal Rogers (R) · PVI R+32. Also on the ballot: Gerardo Serrano (Independent), Mikel Wein (Independent).

    Counties in this district (33)

    Bath County, Bell County, Boyd County, Breathitt County, Carter County, Clay County, Elliott County, Floyd County, Harlan County, Jackson County, Johnson County, Knott County, Knox County, Laurel County, Lawrence County, Lee County, Leslie County, Letcher County, Lincoln County, Magoffin County, Martin County, McCreary County, Menifee County, Morgan County, Owsley County, Perry County, Pike County, Pulaski County, Rockcastle County, Rowan County, Wayne County, Whitley County, Wolfe County

  6. U.S. House, KY-6Toss-up

    Zach Dembo (D) vs. Ralph Alvarado (R)

    Now held by Andy Barr (R) · PVI R+7. Also on the ballot: Jay Bowman (Independent), Pete Lynch (Kentucky).

    Counties in this district (16)

    Anderson County, Bath County, Bourbon County, Clark County, Estill County, Fayette County, Fleming County, Garrard County, Jessamine County, Madison County, Mercer County, Montgomery County, Nicholas County, Powell County, Scott County, Woodford County

Nominees from Wikipedia's Kentucky election tables; race ratings from the Cook Political Report; counties matched to districts with the Census Bureau's 2020 district file; checked Today, 7:41 PM ET. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.

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